ALLENTOWN POLICE SEEK SUSPECT IN ROBBERY POLICE

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Allentown police are investigating a robbery at a gas station-store and an attempted robbery at a car wash Friday night.

According to police, a white male in his mid-20s entered the AM-PM mini mart at 22nd and Hamilton streets about 11:45 p.m., told the cashier he had a handgun and demanded money. The cashier told police she didn't see a gun. He fled with an undetermined amount of money, said city Detective Barry Giacobbe.

The robber wore a purple handkerchief bandana, sunglasses and blue jeans. His clothing fit the description of a man who tried to rob the Whale-of-a-Wash car wash Thurdsay on MacArthur Road in Whitehall Township, Giacobbe said.

In the other incident, Giacobbe said a young man approached the attendant at Rudy's Car Wash on S. 4th Street about 11 p.m. Friday and demanded money from the attendant. The attendant told the robber he had to get the money from the cashier booth and then locked himself in it, refused to give him money and called police. The robber fled, said Giacobbe.